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Objectives
The participants will be able to:
Interpret ABAP Event-Driven Programming.
Identify the System Triggered events that are executed during runtime of a Report
program
Identify the User Invoked List Display events, that are triggered after the report has
generated the basic list.

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ABAP Event-Driven Programming

Program Code

Program
Flow

List
Produced

REPORT ZPB001.
NODES:BSIK.
DATA: VAR1(4) VALUE 0001.

Program Header

GET BSIK.
IF SY-LINNO < 5.
WRITE: / BSIK-LIFNR, VAR1.
ENDIF.

START-OF-SELECTION has occurred

100000 0001
END-OF-SELECTION has occurred

END-OF-SELECTION.
WRITE: / END-OF-SELECTION,
has occurred.
START-OF-SELECTION.
WRITE: / START-OF-SELECTION,
has occurred.

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Runtime Event : INITIALIZATION

Execute a processing block

before the selection screen

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Runtime Event : AT SELECTION-SCREEN

Trigger a function code

on the selection screen

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Runtime Event: START-OF-SELECTION

Can be coded explicitly, but

need not be.

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Runtime Events : GET and GET LATE

Select records
from logical
database tables

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Runtime Event : END-OF-SELECTION

Last system event to occur.

Occurs only once

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Output Event : TOP-OF-PAGE

Used for page headers

for the basic list only

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Output Event : TOP-OF-PAGE DURING LINE-SELECTION

Used for page headers

on detail lists

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Output Event : END-OF-PAGE

Used for page footers

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Demonstration
Observe the following system-triggered events during execution of a Report
program.
INITIALIZATION.
AT SELECTION-SCREEN.
START-OF-SELECTION.
GET <table>.
GET <table> LATE.
END-OF-SELECTION.
TOP-OF-PAGE.
END-OF-PAGE.

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Practice
Observe the following system-triggered events during execution of a Report
program.
INITIALIZATION.
AT SELECTION-SCREEN.
START-OF-SELECTION.
GET <table>.
GET <table> LATE.
END-OF-SELECTION.
TOP-OF-PAGE.
END-OF-PAGE.

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List Display (User) Events

Order of execution determined by user

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List Display Event : AT PF##

Triggered by function code

PF##
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List Display Event : AT LINE-SELECTION

Triggered by function code

PICK
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List Display Event : AT USER-COMMAND

Triggered by function code

All Others
besides
PICK or PF##

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Demonstration
Observe the following user-invoked List Display events after the Basic List has
been generated by a Report Program.
AT PF##.
AT LINE-SELECTION.
AT USER-COMMAND.

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Practice
Observe the following user-invoked List Display events after the Basic List has
been generated by a Report Program.
AT PF##.
AT LINE-SELECTION.
AT USER-COMMAND.

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List Display Events (User Events) - Typical Usage

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Event

Triggered by
Function Code

Typical User
Action Assigned

AT PF##

PF##

Function key
pressed

AT LINE-SELECTION

PICK

Mouse double-click,
Or single click + F2

AT USER-COMMAND

ALL OTHER CODES

Click on a push- button, or

select a menu item

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When Is a List Displayed?

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Summary
Flow of an ABAP program is controlled by events. Execution order of events does
not depend on the order in which they are coded in the program.
All ABAP statements that are not coded as part of an event, are part of the event
START-OF-SELECTION. This event does not need to be coded explicitly in an
ABAP program. It gets triggered automatically.
END-OF-SELECTION is the last system triggered event to be processed during
the runtime of a program. It occurs after all database retrievals has finished and
before any User-invoked events. It occurs only once during the execution of an
ABAP program.
AT PF## (when any Function key is pressed), AT LINE-SELECTION (when the
user double-clicks on a line) and AT USER-COMMAND (Clicking on a pushbutton
or selecting a menu item) are three different user-invoked events that are
handled from an ABAP program.

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Questions
What are the different events in an ABAP program that can be triggered before
user interaction ? When do they get triggered ?
What are the user-invoked events for a list display ?
What are the events used for displaying Headers and Footers in a list ? When
are these events invoked ?
Which part of a code in a program are executed for an event ?

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